Fasciola, lymnaeids and human fascioliasis, with a global overview on disease transmission, epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, molecular epidemiology and …

S Mas‐Coma, MA Valero, MD Bargues - Advances in parasitology, 2009 - Elsevier
Fascioliasis, caused by liver fluke species of the genus Fasciola, has always been well
recognized because of its high veterinary impact but it has been among the most neglected …

The evolutionary origin of diversity in Chagas disease vectors

SA Justi, C Galvão - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Chagas disease is amongst the ten most important neglected tropical diseases but
knowledge on the diversification of its vectors, Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is very …

Vetores da doença de Chagas no Brasil

C Galvão - 2014 - books.scielo.org
Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos de grande importância médica, pois são os
responsáveis pela transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente etiológico da doença de …

Fascioliasis

S Mas-Coma, MA Valero, MD Bargues - Digenetic Trematodes, 2019 - Springer
Fascioliasis is a major parasitic disease caused by the digenetic trematodes Fasciola
hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. The disease is a well-known veterinary problem of …

Fascioliasis

S Mas-Coma, MA Valero, MD Bargues - Digenetic trematodes, 2014 - Springer
Fascioliasis is a major parasitic disease caused by the digenetic trematodes Fasciola
hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. The disease is a well-known veterinary problem of …

Genetics and evolution of triatomines: from phylogeny to vector control

S Gourbière, P Dorn, F Tripet, E Dumonteil - Heredity, 2012 - nature.com
Triatomines are hemipteran bugs acting as vectors of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi. This parasite causes Chagas disease, one of the major parasitic diseases in the …

Fluke egg characteristics for the diagnosis of human and animal fascioliasis by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica

MA Valero, I Perez-Crespo, MV Periago, M Khoubbane… - Acta tropica, 2009 - Elsevier
In trematodiases, shape and size of the fluke eggs shed with faeces are crucial diagnostic
features because of their typically reduced intraspecific variability. In fascioliasis, the usual …

A review of the taxonomy and biology of Triatominae subspecies (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

VF de Paiva, T Belintani, J de Oliveira, C Galvão… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Springer
Due to its public health importance, as vectors of Chagas disease, the subfamily
Triatominae, has received the attention of taxonomists. Knowing how to correctly identify …

Human and animal fascioliasis: origins and worldwide evolving scenario

S Mas-Coma, MA Valero… - Clinical microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fascioliasis is a plant-and waterborne zoonotic parasitic disease caused by two trematode
species:(i) Fasciola hepatica in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania and (ii) F …

Lymnaea schirazensis, an Overlooked Snail Distorting Fascioliasis Data: Genotype, Phenotype, Ecology, Worldwide Spread, Susceptibility, Applicability

MD Bargues, P Artigas, M Khoubbane, R Flores… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Lymnaeid snails transmit medical and veterinary important trematodiases,
mainly fascioliasis. Vector specificity of fasciolid parasites defines disease distribution and …